381 pages 20 cm

"This book presents a selection of articles covering the main areas of contemporary sociolinguistics. It pays particular attention to the concepts of multigualism, language standardization, dialectal and stylistic variation, and the acquisition of what Hymes and others have called "communicative competence."--Cover

Editors taught at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-369)

The relationship between micro- and macro-sociolinguistics in the study of who speaks what language to whom and when / J.A. Fishman -- Language use in multilingual societies / G. Sankoff -- Notes on bilingualism and liguistic change in New Guinea / R.F. Salisbury -- Some oberservations on language variety and plurilingualism / N. Denison -- Multilingualism in the northwest Amazon / A.P. Sorensen -- Dialect, language, nation / E. Haugen -- The role of Arabic in Ethiopia, a sociolinguistic perspective / C.A. Ferguson -- Speech and society among the Indonesian elite / N. Tanner -- Pidgins and creoles as standard languages / R.A. Hall -- Sociolingistic variation and language change / W. Bright and A.K. Ramanujan -- Linguistic etiquette / C. Geertz -- The study of language in its social context / W. Labov -- Sociolinguistics and communication in small groups / J.J. Gumperz -- Sociolinguistic rules of address / S.M. Ervin-Tripp -- Language and style / A. McIntosh -- Poetry in Somall society / B.W. Andrzejewski -- How to ask for a drink in Subanun / C.O. Frake -- On communicative competence / D.H. Hymes -- The situation, a neglected source of social class differences in language use / C.B. Cazden -- Contextual specificity, discretion, and cognitive socialization: with special reference of language / D. Henderson -- A social psychology of bilingualism / W.E. Lambert -- Acquisition and proficiency / J. Ruben

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